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Texas Bicycling News Digest February 17th

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Bike network would put Corpus Christi on right path

by Nick Jimenez www.caller.com

I still fondly remember my Schwinn cruiser bike. I got it one Christmas when I was a kid. Of course, it was red with fancy fenders and white wall tires.
I rode it to my elementary school. I rode it to my cousin’s house which was about four blocks away in our neighborhood. My cousin and I both rode our bikes to a ceramics class we had that summer; we had to cross a major street to get there.
I rode my bike almost every day until it got stolen. I hardly have been on a bicycle since.
I was thinking about my long ago Schwinn as I looked over the proposed bike network for Corpus Christi. It’s the work of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization, an …

FEBRUARY SUMMER~VeloVlog #15

Preston Glace

Recovery is one of the most important aspects of cycling, and yet it gets ignored so often. Many cyclists think that riding hard all the time will make them faster, but if you don’t have proper recovery, you’ll hit a wall and may plateau and then burn out. To avoid this, …

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King* www.crazyguyonabike.com

Riding Schedule Proposed: 50 ride days + 14 rest days = 9 wks, 1 day
Wednesday February 17, 2016
See our planned schedule on the .pdf file to …

B-Cycle pumps up San Antonio bicycle renting station network

By Katherine Blunt www.mysanantonio.com


B-Cycle San Antonio is rolling out an expansion of its bike rental stations.
The nonprofit that runs the program plans to add three stations at The Pearl, San Antonio College and the DoSeum next week, which will bring the total number of stations in the city to 58.
“They fit really well into the existing stations and fill in some gaps,” said Doug Melnick, the city’s chief sustainability officer.
B-Cycle, which started in San Antonio in 2011, is a bike share program that …

San Antonio bike police first to get body cameras

By Guillermo Contreras www.mysanantonio.com


Starting next week, San Antonio Police Department officers on bicycle patrol will be carrying something extra: body cameras.
Each camera cost the department about $1,500. Eventually, all of the roughly 2,300 officers in the department will have the devices, Chief William McManus said Wednesday.
That includes McManus himself.
“I’m no different than anybody else,” he said. “If me or any member of the command staff were to go on the street and were …

Sports Authority employees told 25 Texas stores closing, including nine in D-FW

by Maria Halkias/Retail Writer bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com


Sports Authority, a company that gobbled up regional sporting goods retailers including Texas-based Oshman’s Sporting Goods in the late 1990s and early 2000s to become a national chain, is giving up on Texas.
The Englewood, Colo.-based retailer is closing all 25 of its Texas stores, according to store employees. That includes nine stores in North Texas, where it competes with the …

Fort Worth And Dallas Could Be Connected By A 64-Mile Bike Trail

By Dan Solomon www.texasmonthly.com


It probably won’t do for a daily commute, but those looking to get between the Metroplex’s anchor cities are on the verge of a new option.
Texas cities like Houston, Austin, and San Antonio have all invested in their bike culture. Austin has numerous bike lanes, still has a trail named after Lance Armstrong for some reason, and possesses a budding bikesharing program. Bikesharing is popular in San Antonio, too, while Houston has taken steps to make cycling in the city safer.
Dallas, though, consistently ranks among the …

The 2016 Bicycle Sport Shop’s Pay Dirt© Program

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The Bicycle Sport Shop’s PayDirt© Program is offered in conjunction with the Texas Mountain Bike Championship Series to encourage mountain biker’s involvement in the maintenance and building of trails, a mountain bikers’ greatest asset. The mountain bike racing community has a vested interest in improving our awareness of the trail resources we have and forging strong relationships with land managers and other trail users. The promoters of the Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association endorse the Bicycle Sport Shop’s PayDirt© Program and believe it will create a better environment for off-road cycling in Texas, not to mention new …

This weekend’s rides: New North Loop! Lazy Social Dam Loop!

by Thomas steinerranchcycling.com

This Saturday Brad will lead a 50 mile Saturday ride on a new route: http://www.strava.com/routes/4153129. Come and offer him a better route name than “Blended route variation”. After the ride hang out at Lakeside Pizza & Grill for discounted burgers and beer. They should have their new Stash IPA tap going by then!
On Sunday Jason will lead a ride only …

BikeHouston Ambassador Update – Sharing the Houston Bike Plan

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BikeHouston Ambassadors are community leaders who want to promote safe cycling in their communities. Ambassadors make commitments to take an active role in shaping the Houston Bike Plan and its implementation. BikeHouston just held its third Ambassador Training on Feb. 11th. We had 30 ambassadors attend the Feb. 11th training, bringing the number of BikeHouston Ambassadors to over 80 people!
Want to join the Ambassador team? Get the scoop and sign-up here.
Find out what you missed at …

You’re Invited to Celebrate the Draft Bike Plan Launch!

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You’re invited to our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 23rd, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Health Museum. This meeting happens once a year and is critical to the evolution of our organization as we recapture 2015 accomplishments and …

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